MOi'X'iwix fi,o\\i:r^ ,f^ 



This plant i;cncrally .<;r()\vs low ii|)()ii ihc -round, the vcrv 

 finely dissected foliage si)i-eadin-- out into large patches that 

 are gemmed by the clusters of golden-yellow flowers, whose 

 form at once suggests that of the Wild P)lee(ling-heart. When 

 the ripe pods split open they disclose and scatter numerous 

 bright shining seeds. 



TREACLE MUSTARD 



Erysi))ii(>}i par^'ijloruiii . Mustard Familv 



Stems: erect, simple. Leaves: ohlanceolate or linear, obtuse, entire, 

 or dentate, the upper sessile, the lower slender-petioled. Flowers : pale 

 yellow. Fruit: the siliques elongated, linear, four-angled, valves stronj;lv 

 keeled by a prominent mid-vein. 



This common l^reacle Mustard has \cr\- small pale \ellow 

 flowers and rather whitish leaxes, which latter grow in a tuft 

 at the base of the plant and also alternately all the wav uj) 

 the stiff erect stems. The flowers have four tin\ green sepals 

 and four yellow petals, which latter are cruciate, or set in the 

 form of a cross. The Treacle Mustard belongs to the Cnici- 

 fercB, or Mustard l^^amil}-, all of whose members ha\e four 

 cruciform petals. 



HEDGE MUSTARD 



Sisyiiibrinni J/arf'nu'i^ia/iin/!. Must.ird Faniil\- 



Stems: slender. Leaves: pinnate : leaflets lanceolate, obtuse and acutely 

 toothed. Flowers: small, yellow. Fruit: the sili(|ues erect on a.scendin^ 

 pedicels, linear, elongated. 



A coarse uninteresting plant, with pinnateh' cut leaxes. the 

 tiny leaflets being sharpl\- toothed. The tlowers are small and 

 yellow and the pods long and narrow. 



